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Local symmetries act as a kind of glue which holds space together; the more glue there is, the more the space is one, solid, unified, coherent—and the symmetrical segments must overlap for the glue to be effective

Interpretation of the experimental finding: overlapping local symmetries are the hidden structural feature that creates perceived wholeness

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Number of local symmetries correlates almost perfectly with perceived cognitive coherence across 35 strip patterns
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The key experimental finding: the number of subsymmetries (locally symmetrical connected segments) in a pattern predicts its perceived coherence; most coherent strips have 9 subsymmetries, least coherent have 5; the measure correlates almost perfectly with combined experimental rank order

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Local symmetries are pervasive in nature (sun, trees, crystals, bodies) and are associated with minimum energy and least-action principles.claim0.829
In nature, unfolding often consists of a process that establishes local symmetries one by one.claim0.828
Connects biological morphogenesis to architectural process.
The process of adding local symmetries in a structure-preserving way intensifies the feeling, and when carried out fully leads to the emergence of the archetype.claim0.811
Overall symmetry in a system, by itself, is not a strong source of life or wholeness; local symmetries create coherence while overall symmetry is often naive and even brutalclaim0.811
Claim distinguishing the deadening effect of large-scale neoclassicist symmetry from the vitalizing effect of numerous overlapping local symmetries
The system acts to preserve as much of its structure as possible, removing as few symmetries as possible when symmetry breaking occurs.claim0.804
Physical principle interpreted as a form of structure-preserving transformation, explaining phenomena like buckling and dew drops.
The deepest invariant of all living structures is that local symmetries are so densely packed that the highest possible density of local symmetries occurs, without having an overall symmetry.claim0.788
When centers are being created, a high proportion of them are locally symmetrical; living process is, in part, a process of creating local symmetries.claim0.783
Local Symmetries Transformationconcept0.781
A structure-preserving transformation: introducing symmetries within a center, not globally, to strengthen local order.